Roland Klick Shorts
Robbie Griffiths reviews the short films which spawned Roland Klick’s legendary cinematic features, screened at Cambridge Film Festival.
Category Archives: Reviews
Project Wild Thing
Amanda Randall asks: “Isn’t there another way to encourage interaction with nature that doesn’t involve creating a gigantic carbon footprint?”
A World Not Ours
“A WORLD NOT OURS quickly establishes itself as a deeply personal portrait, captured almost by accident amongst a wider political polemic.”
My Beautiful Country
This Kosovo-set war drama is emotionally engaging despite its overly familiar plot and characters, writes Gavin Midgley.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
The Cambridge Film Festival’s second Surprise Film is a fascinating depiction of a difficult time in American history, writes Owen Baker.
Operation Bethlehem
Bethlehem is divided, literally, by a giant illegal wall of concrete dividing Palestine and Israeli areas. Sarah Acton reviews Leila Sansour’s OPERATION BETHLEHEM.
A Story of Children and Film
Cousins’ own childlike joy in the camera is manifest throughout A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM, writes Amanda Randall.
The Man Whose Mind Exploded
Hannah Clarkson reviews this touching portrait of Drako Zarhazar, THE MAN WHOSE MIND EXPLODED.
Blackbird
BLACKBIRD is a beautiful drama about Scottish folk traditions and values, but a style over substance approach lets it down, writes Sarah Acton.
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Hannah Clarkson recounts the stories of the young dreamers in Tinatin Gurchiani’s quietly astonishing THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR.